mansion dealing a crushing blow to president biden s bill back better bill saying he will vote no sending democrats back to the drawing board on the massive spending plan. alexandria is live in washington with the very latest. merry christmas to you. merry christmas to you. holding onto the gift of hope that the president will back better spending bill will survive in some form. the president hoped he would mark his second legislative win. without joe mansion support it is not likely. i don t want to be the grinch that stole christmas, but i do not think the build back better act will get through the senate. so i think that we need to do what we can to get the victories that we can and create a build back better act that includes the most important priorities that we can get mansion on board with. senator mansion does not hold all the power here.